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Journal of Virology, June 2003, p. 6322-6331, Vol. 77, No. 11
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.11.6322-6331.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Infection with Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus Directly Induces Proinflammatory Cytokines in Primary Astrocytes via NF-{kappa}B Activation: Potential Role for the Initiation of Demyelinating Disease

JoAnn P. Palma, Daeho Kwon, Neil A. Clipstone, and Byung S. Kim*

Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611

Received 4 October 2002/ Accepted 26 February 2003

Theiler's virus infection in the central nervous system (CNS) induces a demyelinating disease very similar to human multiple sclerosis. We have assessed cytokine gene activation upon Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) infection and potential mechanisms in order to delineate the early events in viral infection that lead to immune-mediated demyelinating disease. Infection of SJL/J primary astrocyte cultures induces selective proinflammatory cytokine genes (interleukin-12p40 [IL-12p40], IL-1, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and beta interferon [IFN-ß]) important in the innate immune response to infection. We find that TMEV-induced cytokine gene expression is mediated by the NF-{kappa}B pathway based on the early nuclear NF-{kappa}B translocation and suppression of cytokine activation in the presence of specific inhibitors of the NF-{kappa}B pathway. Further studies show this to be partly independent of dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) and IFN-{alpha}/ß pathways. Altogether, these results demonstrate that infection of astrocytes and other CNS-resident cells by TMEV provides the early NF-{kappa}B-mediated signals that directly activate various proinflammatory cytokine genes involved in the initiation and amplification of inflammatory responses in the CNS known to be critical for the development of immune-mediated demyelination.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Phone: (312) 503-8693. Fax: (312) 503-1339. E-mail: bskim{at}northwestern.edu.

Journal of Virology, June 2003, p. 6322-6331, Vol. 77, No. 11
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.11.6322-6331.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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